It has been a long time since I worked on minicomputers like the Data General Nova. I remember entering boot sequences using the front-panel switches to load a paper tape-based loader that finally loaded an operating system. The process was not too involved, and it kept the OS running (which was a good idea, because rebooting was not fun)...
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